Local restaurants among 25 new dining options at Detroit Metropolitan Airport

Hungry travelers stopping in Detroit Metropolitan Airport will have 25 new dining options — including a few local favorites.

The Wayne County Airport Authority approved eight concession agreements for the new food and beverage concepts that will open in the McNamara Terminal over the next year and a half. Some of the concession agreements include clusters of restaurants.

According to a news release, the restaurant expansion could generate $63 million in sales, an increase of more than 47.5 percent from the current sales volume of food and beverage concessions in the terminal.

The new restaurants will add about 22,000 square feet of additional space to the McNamara Terminal's food and beverage program.

In all, the new restaurants will require about $31.6 million of capital investment.The airport authority chose the restaurants after considering 45 proposals from 19 different companies.